Firefighters working to put out a fire in an apartment building near the Country Club Plaza said that if the fire had been bigger, they could have had problems with a car that was blocking a hydrant on the street.

FIRE MARSHALL'S OFFICE T INVESTIGATE WHAT CAUSED THE BLAZE. AN APARTMENT FIRE AT A COMP ON THE COUNTRY CLUB PLAZA. FIRE CREWS CAME TO THE COMPL ON JEFFERSON STREET THIS AFTER IT TURNED OUT - THE FIRE WAS SPARKED BY FOOD - BURNING ON AN ELECTRI SKILLET. BUT FIREFIGHTER ON THEAY THE BIGGER PROBLEM COULD HAVE BE CAR BLOCKING THE FIRE HYDRA HE SAYS IF THE FIRE HAD BEEN "WE HAD A CAR PARKED RIGHT FRONT OF A HYDRANT...INOPERABLE. " HYDRANT...INOPERABLE. " FIREFIGHTERS CLEARED THE SM